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- The Byzantine rite also emphasizes the role of the canonical hours (equivalent to the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours) to a greater extent than in many Latin rite parishes. Vespers and Matins are the hinges of the hours in the Byzantine rite.
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The Byzantine Rite consists not only of the detailed liturgical texts and rubrics (instructions) used for Vespers, Matins, the Hours, and the Divine Liturgies, but also the details of icons and how they are painted, the design of the temple, the vestments, liturgical music and tradition which have evolved since the Holy Spirit first descended ...
- Theeucharistic Liturgy
- The Importance of The Divine Praises
- The All-Night Vigil
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In a certain sense, theEucharistic Liturgy - the service in which the Church "makes present"the Paschal mystery of the suffering, death and Resurrection of JesusChrist, our Lord, God and Savior - stands outside of time. Not onlydoes it bring those present into contact with realities that transcendcreated time, but it is actually held "in common" wi...
The Second Vatican Council (1963-1965) addressed the importance of the daily cycle of services (which the Latin tradition calls the "divine office") in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the first council document to be issued: The same council's Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches emphasized this point: In fact, Vespers and Matins were ro...
In many Greek monasteries, andin monasteries and parish churches of the Great Russian (Muscovite)liturgical tradition, the feast-day services that precede the Eucharist are combined into an All-Night Vigil,consisting of Vespers with Litija, followed immediately by festalMatins.(When the services are celebrated with full solemnity, this vigil canlas...
Taft,Father Robert. TheLiturgy of the Hours in East and West.(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993). An excellent history and explanation of the Divine Praises in thedifferent liturgical tr...MotherMary and (Bishop) Kallistos Ware. TheFestal Menaion.(South Canaan, Pennsylvania: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, 1969). Contains an explanation of the daily liturgical cycle, andan outlineof ea...However, the All-night vigil is usually abridged so as to not last literally "all-night" and may be as short as two hours; on the other hand, on Athos and in the very traditional monastic institutions, that service followed by the hours and Liturgy may last as long as 18 hours.
Mar 25, 2024 · The Byzantine rite also emphasizes the role of the canonical hours (equivalent to the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours) to a greater extent than in many Latin rite parishes. Vespers and Matins are the hinges of the hours in the Byzantine rite.
Feb 24, 2007 · Saturday, February 24, 2007. Byzantine Divine Office in One Volume. Shawn Tribe. Latin rite Catholics are accustomed to condensed books such as the Breviarium Romanum or Liturgy of the Hours.
A Note on the Liturgy of the Hours in the Eastern Orthodox (Byzantine) Rite The hymns on the following pages are excerpted from the ‘propers’ (that is, liturgical texts appointed for a given day or celebration) inserted within the daily worship cycle called the ‘liturgy of the hours’ (or ‘daily o!ce’). The fixed parts of the
Byzantine rite, the system of liturgical practices and discipline observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and by the majority of Eastern rite churches, which are in communion with Rome. Learn about the liturgies, churches, and history of the Byzantine rite.
